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capacity of Thailand’s education and training system to develop relevant skills from the pre-primary to higher education level … relevant teacher training, and sustained competitiveness of higher education institutions as key areas for improvement. It also … points to large skills shortages in the education, and health and social work sectors, and prevalent qualification and field …
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The paper studies the impact of financial aid on long-term educational attainment and labor market outcomes in Colombia … scores, graduation rates, and per-student spending. Notably, completing a bachelor's degree converted the loan into a grant … partly by high-quality universities improving students' skills, as demonstrated by their performance on Colombia's college …
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little attention paid to subsequent study decisions of graduates. Given the increased importance of graduate education in …
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We examine whether and how teachers' major fields of study affect students' achievement, exploiting within-student variation across subfields in natural science (i.e., physics, chemistry, biology, and Earth science). Using middle-school students' data from the Trends in International Mathematics...
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four-year graduation rates. Additionally, higher advisor VA increases high-ability students' likelihood of enrolling and …
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, time to complete freshman year and four-year graduation rates. Additionally, higher advisor VA increases high …
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We examine the dramatic expansion in the Turkish higher education system during 2006-2008, which resulted in the … gender gap in higher education. Before the expansion, women had lower higher education rates. The expansion increased the …
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four-year graduation rates. Additionally, higher advisor VA increases high-ability students' likelihood of enrolling and …
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A rapid expansion in the demand for post-secondary education triggered an unprecedented boom of higher education … programs in Colombia, possibly deteriorating quality. This paper uses rich administrative data matching school admission … information, socio-economic characteristics of the young graduates, standardized test scores pre- and post-tertiary education and …
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benefits of university education in a sample of 2,540 secondary school students. Our choice model estimates reveal that …
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